General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION "HI JUMP" INSTALLATION OF JATO BOTTLES LOADING PLANES WITH PHOTO AND SURVIVAL GEAR ADM. BYRD R4D IN FLIGHT

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION "HI JUMP" INSTALLATION OF JATO BOTTLES LOADING PLANES WITH PHOTO AND SURVIVAL GEAR ADM. BYRD R4D IN FLIGHT

1947

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1) MCU Installing of Jato bottles on R4D.2) MS R4D takes off (Jato) (SV). G3) MS Photo Lab. men bring out photo equipment and loading on sled. G4) LS R4D in flight skis can be seen retracting. VG5) LS R4D lands with skis.6) LS Survival gear being loaded into plane.7) LS Preheater used to warm up plane.8) MS Photo weasel loaded with equipment, pulls up to plane men load photo equipment into plane. (SV).9) MS Men sitting by preheater, getting warm.10) LS Plane coming in for landing, taxies up on wooden platform.11) CU ADM. BYRD (in salmon colored suit) talking with group of men.12) CU ADM. BYRD (side view).13) CU ADM. BYRD climbs in weasel.14) MS Planes getting ready to take off loading of food and survival gear.15) CU Plane crew they board plane.QUALITY GOOD.

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Byrd, Richard Evelyn Jr., 1888-1957

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Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. Byrd claimed that his ex...